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An inquest heard Kgn Corcoran had served with the Duke of Lancaster Regiment since February 2014 and was deployed to Kenya in 2015, Cyprus between 2016 and 2017 and then the USA in October 2017.

But back home he had relationship troubles with girlfriend Melissa Kitt - the mother of his three year old son - and he suspected she was having an affair. They split up in May this year, two months before his death in July.

A heartbroken soldier killed himself with a massive overdose of cocaine at his army base just weeks after he split up with his girlfriend Melissa (both pictured)

Det Insp Alicia Wilson told the Blackpool hearing: 'Melissa says they had a son together in 2015 but in April 2018 they began to argue as he thought she was cheating and living a separate life. He got paranoid and the relationship deteriorated.

'They separated in May and arrangements were in place for him to see his son but sometimes he didn't turn up. Things were nasty between them in the beginning but then they were working on their relationship.

An inquest heard Kgn Corcoran had served with the Duke of Lancaster Regiment since February 2014 and was deployed to Kenya in 2015, Cyprus between 2016 and 2017 and then the USA in October 2017

'She was concerned about him because of the messages she got from him which seemed like he was depressed. He said he didn't know who he had become. He felt like getting signed off and didn't want to feel like this anymore, and said 'what was the point of being there every morning'.

'On the night before his death, he wanted to see his son, so Melissa and him did a Facetime call where he told his son he loved him. But Jordan had his thumb over his camera so he could not be seen.

'He was reported missing on July 4 and was regarded as a high risk missing person due to messages sent to his grandmother and his ex-partner which could indicate his mood was low. Melissa had been in contact with him until just after midnight on July 4. Facebook messages happened and then he was not in contact with anyone else.

'His roommate saw him on the phone at midnight and then returned to his room to change out of his uniform. CCTV footage shows him around the gatehouse that night. He hadn't used his bank card, account or phone since July 3. The army conducted a search of the barracks.

'At 7:30 on July 12 he was found in some woodland in the barracks, 20m North from the fencing where there is lots of vegetation and trees.'

In the hours before he disappeared the squaddie had posted a Facebook comment to his grandmother expressing 'low self esteem' about his life

Fellow soldier Nathan Button said in a statement: 'I knew Jordan had problems with his ex girlfriend but I didn't know what about. His ex had done something and I saw they had a heated argument. He would go round to hers to see his son.

'The problems with his ex were going on for 3-4 weeks. On July 3 he was due to be on gate duty. We had spoken that night about arranging our shifts around each other then at 11:50pm he came to me at the gate house.

'He said he would give me £50 if I did his hours for him. I said he didn't need to pay me, I would do it, but he could do my hour shift in the morning. He seemed stressed and said it was 'about her again'. I had no contact with him after that.'

Lt Col Rob Singleton Commanding Officer of 2nd Battalion The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment said: 'There were welfare issues with Jordan and with access to his son. We were monitoring him, but we felt he was not at risk of harm.

The inquest heard he had relationship troubles with girlfriend Melissa Kitt - the mother of his three year old son - and he suspected she was having an affair. They split up in May this year, two months before his death in July

'He had been seen arguing and stressed before duty on July 3 and then didn't report for duty. We didn't know where he was. We felt he may have left the main part of the barracks, which means he left work without permission.

'We have a zero tolerance to drugs and we do regular drug tests. He had eight drug tests over his service.

'He was clear on six of them and the other two could not be taken at the time but does not mean he had drugs in his system. There was nothing to say he was an active drug taker.

'We have the authority to search people as they come into the barracks and can be refused entry if they refuse. But I trust my soldiers.'

Tests showed Kgn Corcoran had 61.2mg of cocaine in his blood. Experts believe just 1mg in someone's system can be potentially life threatening

Recording a verdict of suicide coroner Alan Wilson said: 'Jordan did have issues with his emotional health. He was low in mood and had let his grandma know as he had a close relationship with her.

'He was particularly low and was thinking about how he was wasting his life and he experienced problems with his emotions. But he was at a level that didn't require more action by the army.

'He had a chaotic style of life and it got too much for him. People are making different claims about the days and events before his death, but overall his personal life was chaotic. He had a combination of issues with finance and child access. He was looking forward to being deployed in the summer which may have saved money for him.

'He had taken cocaine in gross levels and this would have affected his heart rhythm massively. He would have known that taking this level of cocaine would have been fatal. Things became too much for him. With extremely high levels of cocaine he intended to end his life.'

Miss Kitt did not give evidence at he hearing. But in a post on Facebook she said: 'I will always be so super proud of Jordan. My heart ache continues everyday. Sleep tight soldier you've done us proud.'

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